[Python-checkins] r87337 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst

[r.david.murray]

Author: r.david.murray
Date: Fri Dec 17 17:11:40 2010
New Revision: 87337

Log:
#10559: provide instructions for accessing sys.argv when first mentioned.


Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst	Fri Dec 17 17:11:40 2010
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@
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 When known to the interpreter, the script name and additional arguments
-thereafter are passed to the script in the variable ``sys.argv``, which is a
-list of strings.  Its length is at least one; when no script and no arguments
+thereafter are turned into a list of strings and assigned to the ``argv``
+variable in the ``sys`` module.  You can access this list by executing ``import
+sys``.  The length of the list is at least one; when no script and no arguments
 are given, ``sys.argv[0]`` is an empty string.  When the script name is given as
 ``'-'`` (meaning  standard input), ``sys.argv[0]`` is set to ``'-'``.  When
 :option:`-c` *command* is used, ``sys.argv[0]`` is set to ``'-c'``.  When